Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[perdu]

williamp said:

Great photo. But 1968? Was a defiant and wellington still flying in 1968??

Or Tempest?

Most likely a show of all the RAF's assets including museum pieces

[perdu]

And oh yes, some rockets

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

whiteonyx said:

see if we can name them all, starting from top left...Varsity

That's not a Varsity, it's a Hastings.

[RobDickinson]

yellowjack said:

...and a madman in NZ who has a running Hercules...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0q9l8xejrE

Saw this running at last years Canterbury A&P show!

[Eric Mc]

perdu said:

williamp said:

Great photo. But 1968? Was a defiant and wellington still flying in 1968??

Or Tempest?

Most likely a show of all the RAF's assets including museum pieces

It was the official display and Royal Review to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the foundation of the RAF.

The RAF had a number of aircraft in store for the planned, but not yet built, RAF Museum at Hendon. These were brought to Abingdon for the review. After the show they were put back in store. The museum was officially opened in 1972.

Most of the historic aircraft on display at Abingdon are now either at Hendon or Cosford. The Wellington is currently in a dismantled state at the Michael Beatham Restoration Centre at Cosford and it will be there for a few years whilst it is completely refurbished.

[perdu]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

whiteonyx said:

see if we can name them all, starting from top left...Varsity

That's not a Varsity, it's a Hastings.

cough!

Done that already GG

[perdu]

My first RAF flight was in a Chipmunk

My second and third were in Hastings in 61

Those times were magical for Air Cadets

[perdu]

And in other news

Another Canberra (A T.11 I think) and the Hurricane

My screeen is set to suit my eyes so I had to scroll right a tad

oops

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

So you did Perdu, mea culpa.


You missed the Beagle Basset next to the helicopter far left though. :P

It's not a Gazelle neither (certainly not in 1968!). Dragonfly maybe?

[perdu]

And in other news

Another Canberra (A T.11 I think) and the Hurricane

My screeen is set to suit my eyes so I had to scroll right a tad

oops

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

perdu said:

Another Canberra (A T.11 I think) and the Hurricane

I'm not sure it's a T11, it looks rather like a T17 on my screen.

[perdu]

mea culpa too GG

I couldn't remember what the name of the Beagle was, then drifted off looking along the line and totally forgot about the wee beastie

I think we, "hidetheelephants" and I covered that Hoverfly with the Sikorsky R4 mention


(Proper piffed off about forgetting the Basset though...)

[perdu]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

perdu said:

Another Canberra (A T.11 I think) and the Hurricane

I'm not sure it's a T11, it looks rather like a T17 on my screen.

Could be but on my screen it looks like the pointy nose Lightning cone type

I will never know given my bad eyes and small screen

Not as I'd worry anyway

[tight5]

[FourWheelDrift]

I'm not seeing any of those embedded pbs.twimg.com/ images, I can see it if I copy the link direct into the browser though.

Anyone else having the same issue?

[perdu]

FourWheelDrift said:

I'm not seeing any of those embedded pbs.twimg.com/ images, I can see it if I copy the link direct into the browser though.

Anyone else having the same issue?

OK here for all I think

[irocfan]

iiyama said:

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awesome - love it

[iiyama]

Video, so not sure its the right place but anyway:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBcapxGHjE

[tight5]

[RobDickinson]

tight5 said:

Taken by our very own Rogue86